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My name is Sauli Saarimaa and I'm a 3D Artist, currently living in Tampere, Finland.

Creating things from my imagination has always been my passion. When I was kid, I used to draw and build a lot, back then we could not afford video games, so I made my own on paper. After a while I started making simple but fun maps for my friends, using map editors. These include several racing and strategy games. I soon realised, this was what I wanted to do with my life.

Following my passion to make games, I started mapping for Half-Life 2 in 2005, becoming more focused on making games as time passed. Inspired by various music composers and the books of Stephen King, I was able to take the skills i'd learned, to start developing Joutomaa in 2007.

Enter the mind of Filip Valkas in a new story centred on the Half-Life Universe. Pick up your own crowbar and force your way out of Citizen Containment Zone 19, and lead in the uprising against the alien agressors.

The textures are very meh and don't really stand out as anything amazing. This one really stands out as being particularly bad. The bottom and top parts look like they were made in Paint and it simply doesn't work well with the photo texture behind it.